Aggressive Budget Schedule Suggests Major Decisions Already Made

By Dan Dupont, Jason Sherman / November 28, 2005 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon has set an aggressive schedule for the completion of its new defense budget and is poised this week to begin advising the services of what weapon system programs will soon be cut. According to a schedule compiled last week and obtained by InsideDefense.com, the Office of the Secretary of Defense this week will begin issuing program budget decisions for the Pentagon's fiscal year 2007 spending request. PBDs detail significant changes to the FY-07 budget proposals advanced by the...

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